Find Movies & TV
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Discover
Explore
Movies & TV Shows
Most Popular
Leaving Soon
Categories
Action
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Descriptive Audio
Documentary
Drama
En Español
Horror
Music
Romance
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Western
Explore
Browse Channels
Featured Channels
SNL Vault
Ion Mystery
CW Forever
Categories
Black Stories
Hit TV
Drama TV
True Crime
Reality
News
Sports
Comedy
History & Science
Movies
Food & Home
Lifestyle
Nature & Travel
Daytime TV
Game Shows
Sci-Fi & Action
Kids & Family
Classic TV
Anime & Gaming
Chills & Thrills
International
En Español
Music
Sign In
The Beta Test
Directed by
Jim Cummings
and
PJ McCabe
Not Rated
2021
1h 34m
Horror
,
Thriller
,
and more
6.1
92%
61%
Add to Watchlist
A married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, murder and infidelity.
More
Where to Watch The Beta Test
Google Play Movies
Subscription
Amazon Video
Buy $9.99
Rent $3.59
Apple TV
Buy $12.99
Rent $3.99
+2 more
Cast of The Beta Test
Jim Cummings
Jordan Hines
Virginia Newcomb
Caroline
PJ McCabe
PJ Pruitt
Kevin Changaris
Johnny Paypal
Olivia Grace Applegate
Hotel & Cafe Stranger
Jessie Barr
Lauren
Jacqueline Doke
Jaclyn
Wilky Lau
Raymond Lee
Keith Powell
Terrance
Scott Parkin
Louise's Husband
Joy Sunday
Celia
Lya Yanne
Laura
Jeffrey Markle
Michael
Bryan Casserly
Dustin
Dustin Hahn
Lewis
Bridge Stuart
Bridge
Ray Chao
Wedding Planner
Ammar Aldieri
Trent
Grant Rosenmeyer
APE Agent (uncredited)
Ashley Denise Robinson
Agent (uncredited)
Misha Reeves
Cafe Barista (uncredited)
Will Madden
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Catherine Dao
Upscale Party Guest (uncredited)
Skyler Bible
Mustache Cop (uncredited)
Monroe Cline
Teenage Girl
Laura Coover
Lisa Morrisey
Boni Mata
Nightmare Patron
Chen Chen Julian
Raymond's Assistant
Christian Hillborg
Kris Borgli
Malin Barr
Annie Borgli
The Beta Test Ratings & Reviews
indieWire
David Ehrlich
In a film that barely has a grasp over its own hare-brained conspiracy and often feels like an extension of the mental breakdown that its protagonist might be suffering, Cummings' performance adds a key measure of consistency.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Underneath the film's seeming casualness is an astute portrait of alcoholism, as well as a knowing glimpse of how micro tensions affect macro power plays, from pissing contests between men to sexual violations.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
Cummings and co-director/co-star PJ McCabe are more adept at maintaining tone than a lot of better-known filmmakers.
The Reveal (Substack)
Scott Tobias
An unstable and unfocused satire that dabbles haphazardly in issues of masculinity, temptation, digital identity, and reformed workplaces but does so with a brio that keeps it on edge.
AV Club
Katie Rife
The results won't help McCabe and Cummings land any well-paying sellout gigs any time soon. But if being a Hollywood insider is anything like it appears in this movie, is that really such a loss?
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Cummings is a voice all his own, and in "The Beta Test" he makes sure that voice is heard.
New York Times
Natalia Winkelman
Tales of angsty alpha males who see the light are a cinematic sacred cow, yet lacking in clarity of vision or a cohesive world, "The Beta Test" comes out looking as confused as its antihero.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Claudia Puig
It is a really great Hollywood satire that I found amusing.
Los Angeles Times
Carlos Aguilar
"The Beta Test" hinges on Cummings' magnetically deranged turn.
Austin Chronicle
Trace Sauveur
The main targets here are clear as day, and they're lined up cleanly in the crosshairs to be hit square in the chest.
TheWrap
Elizabeth Weitzman
Would have been stronger if they'd honed their furious focus even further. Instead, it feels like two films mashed together - a shaky thriller built on a vague social-media theme, set inside an incisive and genuinely disturbing industry satire.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
The movie's imagining of business plans built on the massive harvesting of personal data is only half-convincing. But that's no big obstacle to the story it tells...
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
The film's elements don't mesh as seamlessly as they should have... Yet the movie, at its best, can hold you in its grip.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
I think it's best suited for those who could handle American Psycho.
eFilmCritic.com
Erik Childress
The only person I want to see having a nervous breakdown in public to protect their own entitlement is Jim Cummings and The Beta Test is another exhibit that he is a talent worthy of your attention.
ScullyVision
Dan Scully
Mixes workplace comedy, erotic thriller, and Hollywood satire to great effect.
C-Ville (VA)
Deirdre Crimmins
The Beta Test is an entertaining exercise in watching a self-involved Hollywood player slowly come to the realization that he is neither all-powerful nor all-knowing.
Looper.com
Matthew Jackson
The Beta Test is one of those films that makes you squirm in your seat as often as it makes you howl with laughter, with a voice and point of view that feels like it could only come from this particular filmmaking team.
The Playlist
Rodrigo Perez
Overall, Cummings and McCabe's film touches a raw nerve with sharp, funny, awkwardly prickly provocation.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
These three Cummings movies to date, while toying with different genres, have been so essentially similar one fears his bag o' tricks might empty out soon. Still, it hasn't yet, and he's really got something...
Watch The Beta Test Videos
The Beta Test
The Beta Test
Trailer
Take Plex everywhere
Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Discover
